Image (acoustic)

For the 20th anniversary of Underworld and as a thank you to our fans and friends, tMitG has released an acoustic version of one of their new songs, "Image." "Image" is available as a free download on our Bandcamp page.

December Sale

Rebellion

We are proud to contribute to Dark Mother Media's first compilation, Rebellion: Vol 1, with a brand-new, exclusive remix, “Power and Prophecy (Guitarless Mix)” (original version appears on Before and After the Storm). Purchasing the compilation supports radio broadcasts of dark alternative, goth, industrial, doom, punk, experimental, darkwave, coldwave, deathrock, and more.

Miscellany: a collection of rare tracks

We are happy to announce that many rare tMitG tracks including compilation appearances and selections from When Angel's Peer Favorably Upon Us, as well as some previously unreleased recordings from our archives, are now available on our Bandcamp page.

Many of these songs were exclusive to their compilations and therefore elusive to our fans, and most were previously unavailable digitally. We're glad that we were able to collect these songs in a single location for everyone to enjoy.

CD availability update

Our relationship with Middle Pillar began in 1998 with the distribution of “Underworld” and continued with a track on their first compilation as a label, 1998’s “What is Eternal?” Shortly thereafter, we were the first band signed to the label leading to the release of four studio albums between 1999 and 2005, as well as appearances on various compilations.

What this means is that all the Machine in the Garden recordings for Middle Pillar are back under our control. With this change, we’ve made all four of these albums available on our Bandcamp page: “One Winter’s Night…,” “Out of the Mists,” “Asphodel” and “Shadow Puppets.” We’ve done our best to include all original artwork and, in some cases, promotional materials for all of these releases in PDF format as downloadable extras. The Middle Pillar versions of the digital releases will soon be removed from Amazon MP3 and iTunes, but we will be reposting the albums ourselves shortly thereafter.

We intend to provide the best pricing available for our releases. Most of our albums are now $8 for either the physical or digital versions — or in the case of Bandcamp, immediate digital download with the physical purchase — and for US addresses we’re offering free shipping for the physical discs.

New Mirabilis CD coming September 30

We're proud to announce a new album from Summer's other project, Mirabilis. Titled Here and the Hereafter, it will be released on September 30 by Projekt Records. As an extra bonus, if you preorder the limited edition physical CD from Projekt Records, you'll also receive the two previous Mirabilis CDs for free! Order here.

Happy Anniversary Veils and Shadows!

Veils and Shadows EP was recorded 20 years ago this month. We'll be posting photos and other goodies on our Facebook page over the course of the month to celebrate this important tMitG release — facebook.com/tmitg

Holiday Sale!

Now Available — Before and After the Storm

Digital Version

This is primarily a digital release. You can choose the audio format you wish to download, including various lossless formats. Plus there will be a PDF of a full booklet in a ready-to-print format (spreads, bleeds and crop marks) and a PDF of the CD-onprint for those of you who have a capable printer.

For those who would something a little more special, we're doing a very small run of a Special Edition version of the album. It's a professionally duplicated and printed CD-R in an eco-pack sleeve, limited-edition of 50, hand-numbered, hand-embellished and autographed. It will be available in approximately 3 weeks but available immediately for pre-order. To hold you until then we'll email you a download code for Bandcamp so you can enjoy the music immediately. The price is $20.

Official Announcement for Before and After the Storm

the Machine in the Garden and Deus ex Musica are proud to present Before and After the Storm, the band’s eighth studio album.

The eight new songs encompass the variety of styles — from goth rock to electronic ethereal — the band is known for. tMitG also tapped some of their favorite artists for three remixes on the album: Frances Byrne (Wench – www.wenchmusic.net), Falling You (www.fallingyou.com) and Miles Fender (Earth Calling Angela, Charlottesville – www.streetlightfarm.com).

The name “Before and After the Storm” has several different meanings for the band, but ultimately it has to do with the interweaving of music and events from different times in life and how much even a single event can change that life. This is evident from the selection of songs, some of which have their roots in music begun many years ago combined with more recent creations.

This time differential is also evident in the influences for the songs, says Roger, “I wanted to draw heavily from old-school/classic groups in the genre — get back to some “goth” roots — Swans, The Sisters of Mercy and Joy Division for example, but at the same time evolve those sounds into something current. But also newer artists such as Sarah Fimm and Emmalee Crane also played influential roles on other songs. Ultimately it came out sounding like tMitG, which is the point, really.”

Lyrically many of the songs also follow a theme, says Summer, “I looked to mythology and mysticism when I was writing the lyrics for these songs. I wanted to think about other cultures and their origin stories as a mirror of returning to many of our musical roots with this work.”

Before and After the Storm will initially be a digital-only release on the Machine in the Garden’s Bandcamp page tmitg.bandcamp.com on Friday, 24 June 2011, followed soon after by digital release on the iTunes Music Store, Amazon mp3 and others (via CDBaby). Before and After the Storm will also be released in the near future as a very limited, special-edition CD available directly from the band.

Video teaser for Before and After the Storm

tMitG announces new single and forthcoming mini-album

the Machine in the Garden are proud to announce the availability of their new single, "In the Vanir," on Friday, 10 December 2010. This is a digital-only single available on tMitG's Bandcamp page and also includes a remix by UK alternative-goth project Monica's Last Prayer. Pricing will be set as "name your price" for a limited time.

"In the Vanir" is a preview of the Machine in the Garden's forthcoming mini-album "Before and After the Storm" to be released in early 2011.

tMitG is on Bandcamp

We've set up a page on Bandcamp as a new method of distributing our music digitally in pretty much any format you could want, including lossless. Check it out at http://tmitg.bandcamp.com/. We've already uploaded a few things, but nothing too interesting. Yet.

tMitG on Ping

Free Shipping for World Goth Day

In celebration of World Goth Day on May 22nd, we're offering free standard shipping on all of our merchandise. So pull on your pointy boots, pick up some CDs and t-shirts and show your pride this Saturday!

Auf Dem See (Serpentine Mix)

Well, somehow we forgot to post this: "Auf Dem See" by The Synthetic Dream Foundation, on which Summer performs guest vocals, has been remixed and was released back in February. Check out "Auf Dem See (Serpentine Mix)" on amazon.com, itunes, or lala.com.

CD Baby will donate $1 toward Haitian earthquake relief for every CD and album download sold.

Starting on Monday, January 25th and continuing for two weeks, CD Baby will donate $1 of their cut from every CD sale through our website, and $1 from every download sale over $8.99 on our site, to the American Red Cross and to Mercy Corps, a Portland-based relief organization with a large presence in Haiti. With your help, they hope to raise tens of thousands of dollars.